Pollster Expects Close Race
Results of a Reuters/Zogby poll released today give Democrat Barack Obama a 5-point edge over Republican John McCain in the general election for president.
The national survey of 1,113 likely voters, taken June 12-14, had a margin of error of 3 percentage points, according to Reuters, making Obama's lead tenuous.
"This race is starting out very close, and barring something dramatic is likely to stay close at least until near the end," pollster John Zogby told the news service.
At the same time, Obama leads McCain by 52 percent to 30 percent among independents and 51 percent to 36 percent among women, according to the survey results. Zogby noted that McCain will have to find a way to appeal more strongly to those groups of voters to remain competitive.